Tag: equipment

My New Polaroid Toy

As if the home office wasn’t full enough of cameras and camera gear already, I saw something on eBay I’d never seen before, and the mental gears started turning. I like to get up close with my subjects sometimes and I love shooting at or near macro. You can get close with a Polaroid SX-70:

On Light Meters

Someone I know just bought a vintage Yashica TLR and was met with the realization that we’ve become all too accustomed to our cameras all having built-in light meters these days. So what do you need to know when it’s time to consider a light meter? A side note: You’ll find people ’round the web

Trust the Force Histogram Luke Jeff!

You’d think I’d have enough experience using a fancy-schmancy digital SLR camera, I’d have learned by now to trust something besides the digital display on the back to determine if I got the exposure correct for the shot or not. I mean really, can I really trust a 3″ LCD to give me all the

A camera made out of a matchbox? Sweet.

I so have to make one of these. It’ll at least be a solution to the gear acquisition syndrome (GAS) issue. Hard to complain about a camera made from scraps. I might get looked at a little funny lining up shots with a used matchbox. Such is life. I can only imagine what they’ll say

The first step is to admit you have a problem…

Alright, fine.  I admit it.  I have a problem.  We went to the monthly antique show (aka flea market, aka junk market) this morning and I bought a camera.  And then I bought another one.  And another one.  And one more.  Four total, but dang-it, I can use them all! I’ll get photos and put